Loaner: Soekris DAC2541

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  1. soekris

    soekris MOT - Soekris Engineering

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    Stock packaging do include both USB cable and Power Cable, but things can disappear, and boxes get crashed....

    I'm more worried if there is a problem with the unit, if somebody have noticed anything, please contact me.

    But SE output if really just the positive balanced output....
     
  2. Vtory

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    2541 en route to @atomicbob 's lab to get through examinations.
     
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    2541 arrived today - will be several days before I can get it a slot on the measurement bench.
     
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    I'll add my name to the list if the 15 person cap is floating and not a hard limit.
     
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    Please add me (albeit tentatively for now). Thank you very much.

    Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

    :bird:|{
     
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  6. rhythmdevils

    rhythmdevils MOT: rhythmdevils audio

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    @ChaChaRealSmooth you can take me off the loaner and give someone else my slot since there is so much interest. I’m happy with my Gungnir and my space is really limited anyways due to some incoming amps so I don’t even know where I’d put it.

    give a friend a chance to hear this. :)
     
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    would love to be added to the loaner if there happens to be a slot available. (im in los angeles)
     
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    was number 7 in the list now number 14 ?
     
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    dasman66 Self proclaimed lazy ass - friend

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    probably because it went west coast to @atomicbob to confirm the SE outs were performing as expected. It looks like the list was revamped to finish it's stay out west before heading back east
     
  10. atomicbob

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    The SE outputs on loaner dac2541 #13 were thought to be possibly impaired and the unit sent to me for investigation. It has been undergoing extensive measurement scrutiny and comparison with my lab dac2541. Completion of the measurement series is scheduled for this Thursday when both dacs will have been measured with same ambient conditions for warm-up time as follows:
    T=0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours. This is unprecedented measurement scrutiny and data will be posted at the end of the test. Then the loaner unit will go to @Soups after which the list will resume.
     
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    thanks for the info and for making sure its functioning properly
     
  12. atomicbob

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    Loaner dac2541 is on the way to @Soups after an unplanned additional 264 hrs of testing. Warm-up and other test time cumulative total is 800+ hours of power on time for this unit in my lab.
     
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    Posting of data for the time series measurements will be made after I have:
    1. sorted through 29 reports with 21 measurement sections each from multiple weeks of data collection (hint, this is an enormous amount of data)
    2. created spread sheets of select data for graphing
    3. graphed the data and created at least one animated graph
    4. written some explanations

    All 29 reports will be posted in the dac2541 technical measurement thread along with the above mentioned results.

    SE outputs on loaner unit are not impaired as also mentioned before in the dac2541 technical measurements thread. Warm-up measurements produced interesting results the first warm-up run. Those results were not repeatable on the second warm-up run. Loaner unit second warm-up run performs substantially similar to lab unit warm-up run.
     
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    Epic amount of data on dac2541 loaner and my lab unit posted here .
    There are only 28 reports posted as two of the reports were 15 minutes apart. The first of those two was just under the 90 minute dScope warm-up time protocol I had established for this particular data collection.
     
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    2541 received from @atomicbob. Warming up, sounding great.
     
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    Received in good condition.
     
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    Moving on to @loadexfa today.

    I apologize for being a day late. I had a little trouble getting it into my system (my over-built mess, not a Soekris issue), and then wanted to be relatively thorough in comparing it with my other DACs, listening to different amps and cans.

    Impressions will post tonight.
     
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    Loaner received looking good and working.
     
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